19-06-2020, 06:55 AM
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Re: RIP Dame Vera Lynn
Originally Posted by Muddy
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Probably A friend has died suddenly and his large family and friends can only have ten people at the church service .
It’s disgusting while people are marching in protest in their hundreds and the coppers are meekly kneeling down before them
Sorry to hear about your friend. It must be horrible not being able to go to the funeral.
19-06-2020, 08:32 AM
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Re: RIP Dame Vera Lynn
That's for sure Ripple she was a real sweetheart and she never changed did she....a true star. Watching clips of her singing yesterday brought a lump to my throat and I wasn't even around during the war.....it must have been really emotional for those who were.
19-06-2020, 10:36 AM
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Re: RIP Dame Vera Lynn
Originally Posted by Primus1
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She did so much to raise morale during the war, travelling to places like Burma to visit the troops and bring a little bit of home to them, she was a national hero and if anyone deserves a statue, it’s her...rip Vera.
Her work did not end when the war was over – throughout her life, she remained an indefatigable and outspoken supporter of military veterans, through to their old age.
Dame Vera supported many charities and was a stalwart of several ex-servicemen’s organisations, and in 1991, she played a key part in forcing the government to end the anomaly under which a war widow who lost her husband after 1973 received a far higher pension than a widow of a soldier who died before that date.
To most servicemen she was their Queen, adored, respected and someone they would have laid down their lives for without a doubt.
20-06-2020, 01:14 PM
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Re: RIP Dame Vera Lynn
The old girl is barely cold and the arsehole Grauniad `newspaper` is having a go at her and what she stood for.https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...cond-world-war
20-06-2020, 01:25 PM
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Re: RIP Dame Vera Lynn
Originally Posted by Judd
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The old girl is barely cold and the arsehole Grauniad `newspaper` is having a go at her and what she stood for. https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...cond-world-war
20-06-2020, 01:57 PM
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Re: RIP Dame Vera Lynn
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I might just have a 2p piece somewhere!!
10-07-2020, 11:22 PM
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Re: RIP Dame Vera Lynn
Got a good send off from the locals who knew her well.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53337459
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